The Magistrates' Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002

Amendments to the Magistrates' Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1986

4.  In rule 4—

(a) after paragraph (1) insert the following new paragraph—

“(1A) Where the clerk of petty sessions receives an application under Article 38 of the Regulation for enforcement of a maintenance order made in a Regulation State other than the United Kingdom he shall, subject to Articles 34 and 35 of the Regulation and to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Rule, cause the order to be registered in his court by means of a minute or memorandum entered and signed by him in the Order Book.”;

(b) in paragraphs (2), (4), (6) and (7) after the words “paragraph (1)” insert the words “or (1A)”; and

(c) in paragraph (5) after the words “that Convention” insert the words “or Article 38 of the Regulation”.